Tanaka will be posted

[beckdawg]

We will see but they were willing to sign Cano as well. I know internetional spending doesn't count. It just shows how they are. Yankees crave pitching and if they can get him. They will get him. Everything I read says the yanks are going to go hard. I have no reason to believe they won't because they never just sit back. Oh and they lowered tickets because they were a fortune and the economy isn't good enough for regular fans to continue to buy. The cubs won't lower theres and attendance keeps dropping

Perhaps. I mean to be frank neither of us have any idea. But, it seems odd that if they don't care about the luxury tax that they let the M's out bid them for Cano. They let Choo go to the Rangers rather than making him an offer he couldn't refuse. These aren't things the yankees of say 5 years ago would do. You then add that in with the relative lack of spending the past 2 years and it seems like there is a plan.

Now, maybe the ownership group is just Special person and says screw the plan we're changing direction. That seems to have been the case with the Soriano trade as Cashman said he didn't want to make it. But it really seems like they are making an effort to get below and if they are just going to throw that out to sign Tanaka it really doesn't make sense. Like I said maybe they decide to be irrational but if they are being rational it doesn't make sense.